I recently purchased the Serious Audiophile Package from HeadRoom, which, for $2000, includes their 'Max'ed out' Desktop Amp, Desktop Power Supply and a pair of the recently introduced AKG 701s. It is connected to my Transporter and sounds absolutely wonderful. Because this headphone amp also has its own excellent oversampling DAC, I can connect it to both the Transporter's digital and RCA analog outputs, and flip between them when I feel like doing some critical listening. (A very, very close call, but I'd give the nod to the Transporter DAC for a smoother, less grainy high-end. I do much prefer the Headroom Max DAC to the SB3 DAC, though)
The AKG 701s are a huge improvement over my Sennheiser HD 650s. I was surprised at how audible the difference was. Note that this is not a balanced amp, and so cannot be connected to the Transporter's XLR balanced outputs. Headroom does make some balanced amps, but they are even pricier. Also, if you do buy a balanced headphone amp, you will need to recable your HD 600s. -- muski ------------------------------------------------------------------------ muski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3670 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30774 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
